Pork cutlets steamed in a slow cooker

How to make pork cutlets steamed in a slow cooker? Start with the main ingredient – pork. Wash it, then dry the piece of meat with napkins or paper towels. Look carefully at the pork. If it is quite greasy, then cut off all the thick chunks of fat. The best option would be if there is still fat, but there will not be much of it (if there is no fat layer at all, then the cutlets may turn out to be dry). Peel the onion from the husk. Now cut the prepared piece of meat and peeled onion into medium-sized pieces, such that they pass through a meat grinder.

Now take a small but deep bowl into which pour a little water. Put a couple of pieces of bun in the water, set aside the bowl with the bun for 5 minutes. During this time, the bun will swell, absorbing water, which will make future cutlets more juicy and soft.

Now that the main ingredients of pork cutlets are prepared, pass them through a meat grinder. Please note that the loaf needs to be squeezed out a little, because it absorbs too much water, and only then grind it. If desired, you can re-skip the ingredients (already minced meat) through a meat grinder. Tip: during the grinding process, put the ingredients alternately in the meat grinder so that they are distributed more evenly in the minced meat. Transfer the chopped ingredients to a bowl, add salt and ground black pepper to the minced meat. Mix thoroughly.

Prepare the slow cooker for operation. To do this, pour water into a special compartment to the upper level. Next, install a steaming bowl with holes in the slow cooker). Now divide the minced meat into equal parts (by the number of cutlets). The desired size of the cutlets depends on the number of parts. But, I advise you to make medium or small cutlets. Form a round or oblong patty from each part of the minced meat. Put the cutlets in a steaming bowl.

Next, set the steaming program for 40 minutes. Cook the cutlets with the lid of the slow cooker closed. After this time, the cutlets will be ready. Serve the cutlets with fresh vegetables or any other side dish at your discretion.

Keep in mind that the cooking time and mode are indicated approximately in the recipe. All slow cookers work differently and even the same models of the same manufacturer may have their own characteristics. Before you start cooking a new dish for you in a slow cooker, carefully study the instructions for it, and then in practice try to cook dishes that are familiar to you first, and then new ones, choosing the mode and time individually for your own technique. 

In addition to pork, any other meat can be used in this dish. Keep in mind that the cooking time, as well as the taste and calorie content of the dish will change. For example, beef is cooked longer than pork, and chicken fillet or turkey is less.

So that the mucous membrane of the eyes is not irritated when slicing onions, rinse the onion and knife with cold water. The cutting board will not absorb the unpleasant onion smell if you rub it with a piece of lemon before slicing.